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Current observations from ground and space present a tantalizing glimpse of the Sun’s polar evolution when the data are pieced together, despite limitations arising from the fact that such observations are currently from vantages close to the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter (SO) will provide the first mid-latitude imaging of the Sun and in the process further reshape our expectations and understanding; however, as an encounter mission it will not provide extended, synoptic measurements. The sustained solar polar views of the Solaris mission will directly reveal the Sun’s global-scale dynamics, greatly improve our understanding of the upper boundary on the dynamo and the lower boundary on the heliosphere, and provide a novel, sunny-side-up view of the origins of coronal dynamic structures.